iraq

Just as traditional states worry about their energy security, so too does the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), especially now that it controls large swaths of territory. Some of that territory includes oil fields and small...

ISIS is beginning to feel the squeeze as its forward momentum has been blunted for the first time since the seizure of Fallujah in January 2014. In response to these recent setbacks, the group has increased its push against the...

Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), inspire opposition like hardly any other conventional weapons system. Armed UAVs – colloquially known as drones – are used in Syria and Iraq in the fight against the...